8
cool(verb, stop, calm, control, order)
8
crop(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower)
8
cut back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, cut)
8
deduct(verb, take, remove, reduce, lower)
8
deplete(verb, diminish, decrease, waste, use)
8
depress(verb, dull, quiet, cut, decline)
8
detract(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
8
dilute(verb, calm, cut, decline, reduce)
8
drop off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
8
quiet(verb, calm, drop, control, order)
8
relax(verb, calm, order, quiet, help)
7
appease(verb, calm, control, order, dull)
7
condense(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish)
7
deflate(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce)
7
die away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close)
7
die down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, control)
7
erode(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower)
7
flag(verb, drop, quiet, check, decline)
7
impair(verb, dull, quiet, cut, decline)
7
narrow(verb, adjective, control, close, set)
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